This task guides you through the steps to configure the client scheduler.
Your Tivoli® Storage Manager administrator can schedule Tivoli Storage Manager to perform tasks automatically.
For example, you can automatically back up files at the end of each day or archive some of your files every Friday. This procedure, which is known as central scheduling, is a cooperative effort between the server and your client node. Your administrator associates clients with one or more schedules that are part of the policy domain that is maintained in the server database. The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator defines central scheduling on the server and you start the client scheduler on your workstation. After you start the client scheduler, further intervention is not necessary.
With client scheduling, you can perform the following tasks:
The following information is a comparison of the client acceptor daemon-managed services and the default traditional scheduler services methods.
The Tivoli Storage Manager client acceptor daemon can manage the scheduler. In this case, the CAD serves as an external timer for the scheduler. When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event. The event is either run immediately or the scheduler exits. The CAD restarts the scheduler when it is time to run the scheduled event, which reduces the number of background processes on your workstation and resolves memory retention problems that can occur when the scheduler is run without CAD management.
The Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor service (CAD) can manage the scheduler. In this case, the CAD serves as an external timer for the scheduler. When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event. The event is either run immediately or the scheduler exits. The CAD restarts the scheduler when it is time to run the scheduled event. This reduces the number of background processes on your workstation and resolves memory retention problems that can occur when the scheduler is run without CAD management.
You cannot use the dsmcad for scheduling when you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly.
Use the managedservices option in your client system-options file (dsm.sys) to specify whether the CAD manages the scheduler.
Use the managedservices option in your client options file (dsm.opt) to specify whether the CAD manages the scheduler.
Perform the following steps to configure the CAD to manage the client scheduler: